Envelop-clasp.



Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON DANCYGER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

ENVELOPHCLASF SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,680, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed April 18, 1908. Serial No. 153,194. (No model.)

To all zul/1,0771, t may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON DANoYGEP., a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Envelop-Clasps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, and to the letters and numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in envelop-clasps, the features of which will be fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is the construe tion of a wire clasp which in its relation to one envelop or folder will make a secure fastening.

The construction is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which* Figure 1 is a plan of the Wire clasp. Fig. 2 is a top view of an envelop with the clasp attached. Fig. 3 is a transverse central section of Fig. 2.

The letters and numerals designate like parts in the several views.

The clasp is formed of a piece of wire and comprises the central loop 1, from which the ends extend outwardly. The semicircular loops 2 2 are formed and the arms 3 3 extend inwardly in practically parallel lines and the terminals of which form prongs to penetrate the paper comprising' an envelop or folder, and these prongs may be bent in transverse position, or at a right angle to the axis of the body portion, as shown in Fig. 1,01l bent longitudinally, so that the prongs would lie parallel with said arms, and thus hold the paper within these parts. The folded paper B comprises three parts-viz., the under part 6, the fold 5, and the top fold A. The prongs of the clasp are made to penetrate the paper at the intersection of the parts 5 and 6. When thus entered, the extremities may be turned, as shown in Fig. 2, and would then be held within the edge of the folded parts. In this form the central loop is the engaging part, and in use is slipped over the edge of the top fold, as shown at Fig. 2. As arranged the clasp can be moved freely to and fro within the orifices of the envelop, the prongs serving simply to hold the clasp in contact with said envelop. If the clasp was iixedly attached by bending the prongs down on the paper in the side of the envelop, then the free edge of said envelop would be fastened by slipping the paper beneath the central loop or bearing part of the device, the opposite in operation of that before described.

The 'clasp may be stamped out of plate metal having substantially the form as illustrated.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is- As an improved article of manufacture the clasp comprising a piece of wire having a loop formed intermediate its ends, outward eXtensions, loops formed carrying the arms back in practically parallel lines and in the same plane-and terminating in prongs adapted for attachment to a folded paper, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIMON DANCYGER.

Witnesses:

B. PICKEEING, F. W. HOWELL. 

